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Regional soda pop
Mon May 19 10:30:35 -0700 2003
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I'm doing research for an article on regional sodas that still exist today, and am trying to identify as many of them as possible -- preferably old brands, not the new microbrew-ish sodas. Here's a sampling:
- Manhattan Special (NYC)
- Moxie (New England)
- Vernor's (Michigan)
- Green River (northwest)
- Blenheim's (N.Carolina)
- Cheerwine (Carolinas)
- Buffalo Rock (Alabama)
- Kentucky Nip (Appalachia)
Anyone care to add any others? Ideally, I'm looking for single-flavor brands, like those listed above, but multiple-flavor product lines (like Polar, a Boston-based regional brand with a full line of flavors) are OK too.
Thanks!
-- Paul
Mon May 19 10:30:35 -0700 2003
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Paul Lukas
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A small distinction that would be important at least to some New Englanders: the legendary Polar is of Worcester, not of Boston. Good things come from Worcester, too!
Mon May 19 10:35:28 -0700 2003
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Karl S.
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I like Polar ginger ale!
Mon May 19 20:23:05 -0700 2003
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Val G
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Here are a few:
Vess--St. Louis, MO
Rock Creek Soda--Washington, DC
Barqs Root Beer--New Orleans, LA
Mon May 19 10:47:34 -0700 2003
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butterfly
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Barq's is national. I'm drinking a can right now.
Mon May 19 16:27:29 -0700 2003
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AlanH
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I've seen the cans and plastic bottles all over, but there used to be a different (and better) bottled version that is/was only available in the New Orleans area. Not sure if it still is...
Mon May 19 17:33:29 -0700 2003
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butterfly
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I was gonna mention Rock Creek, also Cherry Smash and Tiger Brand Ginger Ale, all from DC. Haven't seen Upper 10 or Teem in many years. Sioux City Sarsparilla and Royal Crown Cola (RC) you still see occasionally. Materva and Matebeer I haven't found since I left South Florida a few months ago. You still find Click and Mr. Pibb in the Midwest. My favorite of all is SPA Lemon, but it's from Belgium and probably wouldn't count.
Mon May 19 17:46:54 -0700 2003
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flavrmeistr
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Mr. Pibb is just a lesser cost version of Dr. Pepper. I see it at K-Mart all the time on Long Island, and I've seen it in vending machines in Cosco.
Tue May 20 22:17:16 -0700 2003
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JBG
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Anyone every try FOXON PARK brand? I know Pepe's and Sally's in NEW HAVEN serve(d) it... and I recall a Birch Beer flavor ... red or white... that was bizarre and amazing -- at least to me while growing up along the Connecticut shore. Went really well with fried clams!
Wed May 21 00:20:08 -0700 2003
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ExYalieInSF
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When I was tearing up a floor in my DC rowhouse, I found a whole stash of really old Rock Creek soda bottle caps that were lined with cork.
You can find Materva at almost any of the many latin groceries in DC and quite a few of the supermarkets in Latin neighborhoods (like Columbia Heights, Petworth or Mount Pleasant). Tastes like cough syrup to me, but my SO loves the stuff.
Wed May 21 13:36:19 -0700 2003
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butterfly
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How about:
Nehi -- South
Canfield's -- Chicago
Cott -- New England and Canada
Also, here's a link to an article discussing the rise of soft drinks in Texas.
Link: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/disyk.html
Mon May 19 10:53:54 -0700 2003
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Kirk
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Two more Canadian regional pops, Seamans (great birch beer) on the East coast and Temagami Dry (ginger ale) in northern Ontario.
Mon May 19 12:10:17 -0700 2003
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Middydd
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My grandmother used to buy Cott's to keep on hand for my visits. I think the brand was bought out by Canada Dry many years ago, and has since been shut down. I haven't seen it in at least 10 years, probably more.
Mon May 19 13:26:08 -0700 2003
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AlanH
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Cott's is a $1-billion New York Stock Exchange-listed company, based in Canada. They mostly manufacture house brands for major supermarkets (e.g., Safeway), but they also sell under the Cott's name in some places.
Mon May 19 17:59:31 -0700 2003
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Kirk
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Thanks, I did not know that. That would explain the unearthly colors found in supermarket brand sodas.
Tue May 20 08:05:56 -0700 2003
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AlanH
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Yes, you're right, Alan...No one ever said Cott's was good! Of course, they implied as much with their slogan, "It's Cott to be good!"
Tue May 20 13:15:03 -0700 2003
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Kirk
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Canfields is distributed in the areas of the east coast now. Polar does have a range of flavors but do any other soft drink companies make raspberry lime ricky soda?
Mon May 19 14:01:36 -0700 2003
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belle
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Snapple has a cherry lime rickey. or they used to, anyway.
Mon May 19 16:15:04 -0700 2003
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Great article, but no mention of Big Red? (Ugh!)
I think I've seen both Cott's and Canfields in Houston; can't remember where. Haven't tried them.
Is Nehi still in business? My two favs as a kid were Grape Nehi (as Hawkeye would say, 'genuine, artificial, imitation simulated grape flavor) and Orange Crush.
Tue May 20 15:01:55 -0700 2003
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I always think of Dr. Brown's as being a uniquely New York soda.
Mon May 19 10:58:59 -0700 2003
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Chris VR
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I challenge any chowhound to find a celery flavored soda anywhere else in the country!
Mon May 19 11:20:55 -0700 2003
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Ian_C
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Cel-Ray... definitely a dare food. Blech.
Mon May 19 11:23:40 -0700 2003
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Chris VR
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Celray soda, bleh, indeed! You can actually find them in Boston too.....
Mon May 19 12:34:04 -0700 2003
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Queen of Hearts
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Celray and cream soda ,double nasty .
Tue May 20 01:05:55 -0700 2003
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GoalieJeff
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I'll stick up for Cel-Ray! On the Lower East Side looking for a deli sandwich? Get a Cel-Ray. Goes way better with a pastrami sandwich than a cream soda, IMHO.
Mon May 19 14:46:20 -0700 2003
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lintsao
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Put up your dukes... dems fightin' wurds... Cel-Rey is the bestest... and with gin it's a great summer drink.
Mon May 19 17:11:02 -0700 2003
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The Rogue
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I've been drinking Dr. Brown's Cel Ray since the early 70s in Houston when I discovered it at a deli (yes, goes great w/pastrami). It's carried (along w/other Dr. Brown's flavors) by some Pantry stores here - a budget chain under the HEB umbrella - along with Vernors; can't remember the price.
Tue May 20 14:52:02 -0700 2003
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hermitt4d
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Blenheim's is South Carolina, not North Carolina.
Reminds me of when I watched a weather broadcast on a northern TV station once - they didn't even show a border between North and South Carolina.
Mon May 19 11:03:30 -0700 2003
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Sandy
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Franks Black Cherry Visniak (I think that's how it's spelled) -- I believe it's still around somewhere near Philly.
Mon May 19 11:05:00 -0700 2003
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Susan H
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Frank's was a full line of soda flavors including 2 varieties of Ginger ALe. ALas, I believe Frank's is defunct. Is it Frank's ? Thanks.
Mon May 19 11:45:02 -0700 2003
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FatBob
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NOOOOOOO!!! Frank's was great!
There are other soda companies that make black cherry Wishniak (I think Canada Dry actually makes one)
Mon May 19 16:17:42 -0700 2003
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You'll have to forgive me, as I just finished reading
"A Confederacy of Dunces" (great book!), which is set in New Orleans. The protagonist is a fan of a beverage called Dr. Nut. Have no idea if it still exists, or if it ever existed.
Anyone?
Mon May 19 11:05:05 -0700 2003
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LisaM
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This may well be a little back humor from the author, who ended up killing himself after penning the book, but before it achieved its fairly significant success.
Mon May 19 11:31:08 -0700 2003
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WLA
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Dr. Nut is real (more proof that the truth is ALWAYS stranger than fiction).
Link: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mpreston/drnut.html
Image: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/mpreston/drnut2.jpg
Mon May 19 12:02:20 -0700 2003
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butterfly
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Northern Neck Ginger Ale, from the beautiful Northern Neck of Virginia, from whence come some of the best melons in the world.
Also, Simpson Spring sodas are still alive and well in southeastern Massachusetts. Check their web site for some of the wild flavors they offer.
Mon May 19 11:25:34 -0700 2003
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Bob W.
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Harmony Springs, in either Chicopee or Ludlow MA (western MA.) Whole range of flavors, and the best birch beer anywhere. Good cream soda, too. And they deliver, in glass bottles!
Mon May 19 11:27:34 -0700 2003
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Erika
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Here are some links that should aid you in your research:
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=407
http://www.sodapopstop.com/
http://www.pww.on.ca/dreams.htm
http://www.popvssoda.com/
Mon May 19 11:31:08 -0700 2003
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Nancy Berry
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Ale-8-one, Winchester, KY.
Mon May 19 11:43:55 -0700 2003
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PollyG
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Peggy beat me to Ale-8-one. That is one odd soft drink.
Has anyone mentioned Dr. Enuf fr/ East Tennessee?
Too bad Bludwine/Budwine out of Athens/Watkinsville, GA is no longer being bottled. They finally quit bottling in '95 but would be ideal for your article.
Royal Crown out of Columbus, GA is fast becoming a regional soft drink. It seems to have lost much national attention recently.
Mon May 19 13:16:46 -0700 2003
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Lan4Dawg
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Let's not forget the Outerborough's own 'Olde Brooklyn Soda'. There is another that, I think, is manufactured in Brooklyn (if it still exists) called 'Best Health Gourmet Soda'.
Mon May 19 13:49:43 -0700 2003
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micki
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Another Detroit-area pop, in addition to the beloved Vernors, is Faygo. They produce a full line, but are particularly noted for their Redpop and Rock n' Rye.
Mon May 19 14:01:27 -0700 2003
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Detroit Al
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Oh yeah, I remember Faygo from when I was growing up in St. Louis. Along with Shasta, which I think came from California, but Ozzie Smith was in the local commercials--"I want a pop, pop, pop--I want a Shasta."
Mon May 19 17:30:55 -0700 2003
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butterfly
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I'm partial to BIG RED. Is that only found in Texas or has anyone had it elsewhere? It's a beautiful red pop with this great banana/bubblegum flavor. Lots of caffeine.
Mon May 19 15:54:20 -0700 2003
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raj1
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A-Treat from Allentown, PA. They make a range of flavors, most are not very good, but their grapefruit soda is OUTSTANDING.
Mon May 19 16:21:28 -0700 2003
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Grapefruit soda? I remember fabulous grapefruit soda from Brookdale in North Jersey -- we used to get it by the case when I was a kid. In returnable bottles. I'll have to look for this when I'm driving north past Allentown.
Tue May 20 09:10:17 -0700 2003
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Susan H
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Word! I have memories going back to elementary school of the powerful goodness of the milky-opaque A-Treat grapefruit soda.
Tue May 20 19:40:05 -0700 2003
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Chris Holst
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my parents bring me cases when they visit. Last I was in central PA, you could still get 4-packs of the glass quart bottles that had an integrated rubber stopper (deposit for return of course) and silk-screened label art. That is heartwarmingly awesome. My brother and I used to soundly dismiss every variety of A-Treat brought into the house except the lauded Grapefruit (well, "Treat-Up", their knock-off of 7-Up was drinkable, and the ginger-ale was acceptable in a generic sort of way)
Wed May 21 13:17:17 -0700 2003
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Foxon Park Beverages of East Haven, CT - since 1922. Wonderful White Birch soda and ineffable Iron Brew!
Mon May 19 16:35:46 -0700 2003
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Rich Sanders
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When in Chicago, I remember 2. Green River(already mentioned as a northeastern drink) and 50/50. 50/50 was a grapefruit/lemon(?) drink in a light green bottle.
peace, jill
Mon May 19 16:41:15 -0700 2003
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jill
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A traditional drink in the NorthWest is Portland Punch. It's not a soda pop, it's a punch base which you mix about 5 to 1 with water, and anything else the mixer wants to put into the punch bowl (like soda water). The flavor is blackberry, and it works with both kids and grownups. My sister just brought me a bottle of it.
Mon May 19 17:16:23 -0700 2003
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100 Grand
REF-376
$1.00
N/A
7-UP
REF-181
$1.35
N/A
A Special Bubble Up, Up and Away!!!
REF-358
$34.15
N/A
A Special Make Mine Moxie !!!
REF-359
$36.15
N/A
A&W Cream Soda
REF-283
$1.95
N/A
A&W Root Beer
REF-44
$1.95
N/A
Abba-Zaba
REF-364
$1.00
N/A
Abita Root Beer
REF-1
$1.65
N/A
Africola
REF-61
$1.65
N/A
AJ Stephans Birch Beer
REF-262
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Green Lemon Lime
REF-130
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Jamaican Style Ginger Beer
REF-114
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Old Style Black Cherry
REF-128
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Old Style Root Beer
REF-261
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Old Style Wild Strawberry
REF-129
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Olde Style Sarsaparilla
REF-89
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Raspberry Lime Rickey
REF-2
$1.45
N/A
AJ Stephans Vanilla Cream
REF-91
$1.45
N/A
Ale 8-1
REF-3
$2.45
N/A
Almdudler Krauterlimonade
REF-311
$3.05
N/A
Americana Black Cherry
REF-212
$1.65
$36.15
Americana Honey Lime Ginger Ale
REF-115
$1.65
$36.15
Americana Root Beer
REF-57
$1.65
$36.15
Antarctica Guarana Champagne
REF-340
$1.05
N/A
Apple-Beer
REF-4
$1.75
N/A
Baron's Boothill Sassparilia
REF-420
$1.15
N/A
Baron's Ginseng Ginger Ale
REF-117
$1.45
N/A
Barons Satan's Punch
REF-198
$1.45
N/A
Barritt's Bermuda Stone Ginger Beer
REF-118
$1.75
N/A
Barritts Pineapple Bermuda Stone Ginger Beer
REF-294
$1.75
N/A
Bausers Extra Dry Champayno
REF-417
$4.05
N/A
Bawl's Guarana Beverage
REF-190
$1.85
N/A
Bedford's Gourmet Raspberry Creme Soda
REF-306
$1.45
$24.95
Bedford's Gourmet Root Beer
REF-308
$1.45
$24.95
Bedford's Gourmet Vanilla Creme Soda
REF-307
$1.45
N/A
Belfast Sparkling Cider
REF-310
$1.65
$25.20
Bennett's Hot Cola
REF-427
$1.65
N/A
Bennett's Lemon Cola
REF-357
$1.65
N/A
Big Hunk
REF-365
$1.00
N/A
Big League Chew
REF-455
$1.05
N/A
Big League Chew - Sour Apple
REF-456
$1.05
N/A
Big Red
REF-92
$1.35
N/A
Bireley's
REF-293
$1.05
$24.50
Bit O Honey
REF-378
$1.00
N/A
Black Lemonade
REF-194
$1.95
N/A
Blenheim's Diet Ginger Ale
REF-121
$1.65
N/A
Blenheim's Ginger Beer
REF-120
$1.65
N/A
Blenheim's HOT HOT Ginger Ale
REF-116
$1.65
N/A
Blenheim's Not As Hot Ginger Ale
REF-119
$1.65
N/A
Borgnine's Coffee Soda
REF-7
$1.95
N/A
Boston Baked Beans
REF-379
$1.00
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Black Cherry
REF-132
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Creamy Red Birch Beer
REF-85
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Creme Soda
REF-93
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Diet Birch Beer
REF-122
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Diet Root Beer
REF-237
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Grape Soda
REF-133
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Orange Soda
REF-134
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Original Draft Birch Beer
REF-6
$1.45
N/A
Boylan Bottleworks Root Beer
REF-60
$1.45
N/A
Brain Wash - Blue
REF-197
$1.95
N/A
Brain Wash - Red
REF-196
$1.95
N/A
Bretana Club Soda
REF-452
$1.25
N/A
Bubble Up
REF-135
$1.05
$24.15
Bundaberg Ginger Beer
REF-126
$1.65
N/A
Bundaberg Lemon Lime & Bitters
REF-159
$1.65
N/A
Cactus Cooler
REF-136
$1.00
N/A
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
REF-314
$1.05
N/A
Candy Buttons
REF-457
$1.05
N/A
Charleston Chew - Chocolate
REF-380
$1.00
N/A
Charleston Chew - Strawberry
REF-381
$1.00
N/A
Charleston Chew - Vanilla
REF-382
$1.00
N/A
Charms
REF-404
$1.00
N/A
Cheerwine
REF-137
$1.75
N/A
China Cola - Cherry
REF-443
$1.45
N/A
China Cola - Original
REF-444
$1.45
N/A
Chocolate Smoothie
REF-428
$1.45
$31.15
Chocolate Soldier
REF-271
$1.35
N/A
Christopher's Big Cherry
REF-377
$1.00
N/A
Chunky
REF-368
$1.00
N/A
Clark
REF-372
$1.00
N/A
Clearly Canadian Blackberry Soda
REF-239
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Cherry Soda
REF-241
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Grape Soda
REF-244
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Lemonade
REF-421
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Peach Soda
REF-260
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Raspberry Cream Soda
REF-242
$1.35
N/A
Clearly Canadian Strawberry Melon Soda
REF-240
$1.35
N/A
Coca-Cola
REF-36
$1.35
N/A
Coca-Cola Classic
REF-16
$1.05
$25.00
Cock 'n Bull Ginger Beer
REF-123
$1.45
N/A
Coco Rico
REF-423
$1.00
N/A
Coco Solo
REF-361
$1.05
N/A
Colombiana La Nuestra! Kola Champagne
REF-332
$1.15
N/A
Cool Mountain Black Cherry Soda
REF-189
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Cream Soda
REF-349
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Ginger Ale
REF-403
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Grape Soda
REF-350
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Green Apple Soda
REF-186
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Honey Frosted Lemonade
REF-355
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Honey Frosted Mandarin Soda
REF-426
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Kiwi Soda
REF-384
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Lime Soda
REF-348
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Mango Soda
REF-185
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Orange Soda
REF-184
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Peach Soda
REF-356
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Razzberry
REF-187
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Root Beer
REF-399
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Strawberry Soda
REF-229
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Tangerine Soda
REF-383
$1.45
N/A
Cool Mountain Watermelon Soda
REF-188
$1.45
N/A
Crows
REF-454
$1.50
N/A
Crush - Grape
REF-176
$1.05
N/A
Crush - Imported Orange
REF-238
$1.35
N/A
Crush - Orange
REF-8
$1.05
N/A
Crush - Strawberry
REF-175
$1.05
N/A
Cup O Gold
REF-371
$1.00
N/A
Cuzcatlan Cola Champagne (AKA Kolashampan)
REF-162
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slowrider
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Gosh, and you only got up to "C"!
Wed May 21 02:06:43 -0700 2003
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Gary Soup
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I vote for Detroit Al's suggestions, but there was also Towne Club--had sites in the Motown metro area ( I remember the one in Berkley). You got a wooden crate case and went all around the store to get a huge variety of flavors of pop (birch beer, black cherry, cream soda, orange, rock'n rye, blackberry, lemon/lime, strawberry, root beer, grape, grapefruit, etc). Very cool glass bottles. They were available locally a couple years back, which were a great hit with my then grade schoolers--they were awed by the glass bottles and the wood crate, not to say the flavor variety, but seem to have disappeared since. Anybody know where they are anywher ein the area?
Mon May 19 18:02:02 -0700 2003
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Towne Club is still available at some local ( Detroit area ) stores , sadly , I think it is only to be had in plastic 1/2 liter bottles . My wife and I ran a small gourmet store in Ferndale a few years back ( Lagniappe ) , we carried Towne Club in bottles , they shipped it in the same old glass bottles and wood cases we know and love , it was one of our best sellers . I still have many cases of empty glass bottles in my garage . No one seems to know who will take them back , last I heard , Holiday market in Roseville might still carry the stuff , but I doubt it . Man , I miss picking out my own case of pop at that Berkley store . One of my favorite childhood memories .
Tue May 20 01:13:22 -0700 2003
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Wow, now there's a memory I'd almost forgotten... the ride out to the Towne Club store, and then arguing with my sister over just which of the seemingly endless array of flavors would go in our mix n' match case. It's been awhile...
Tue May 20 01:15:07 -0700 2003
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Detroit Al
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this one is real regional--it's in one restaurant! but its an old restaurant--cleveland's polish chowhound favorite SOKOLOWSKI'S. they have their own soda --in bottles in an ice bin next beers as they should be-- that you grab in the cafeteria style line. several funky styles, my fav is green apple. i think they have been doing that for quite a long time.
Mon May 19 19:24:49 -0700 2003
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mrnyc
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You've already mentioned Moxie, which can still be found around New England. Another worth mentioning is Twin Lights Ginger Ale (a very dry, light ginger ale), produced in Rockport, MA and sold only in Rockport and Gloucester. It comes only in glass bottles, and I'm told the bottler won't sell to out-of-towners since he is afraid he won't get the bottles back. The bottles are beautiful and the label depicts the Thatcher's Island lighthouses. They have a small line of other flavors but the ginger ale is the most popular. In recent years the bottler has been buying up bottles from other defunct soda companies and using them, so when you look in the soda case, you can get an idea of the incredible selection of regional sodas available a generation ago.
Another regional ginger ale is "Chelmsford", which used to be sold regionally by (I think) a Canada Dry affiliate. The ale was medium dark, caramelly, and sweet (not quite as sweet as Vernor's, I recall).
Both of these were still available within the past few years, altho' either or both may have disappeared by now -- I don't look for them regularly.
PS -- are you Paul Lukas of "Beer Frame" fame?
Mon May 19 21:01:29 -0700 2003
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I can't believe someone used "soda pop" and "Moxie" in the same post! The non-New England stuff may be "soda pop" but Moxie is definitely "tonic."
Tue May 20 05:27:44 -0700 2003
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It all started out as tonic, evidently. Researching an upcoming trip to New Orleans I found this site for the Pharmacy Museum there. If you click on Tour and Page 2 it tells about how soda fountains originated in pharmacies, where pharmacists mixed medicinal tonics with flavorings and soda water dispensed through the fountains.
Link: http://www.pharmacymuseum.org/
Tue May 20 13:29:04 -0700 2003
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I think Bireley's is local to the Philadelphia area. As a kid we always had botles of Orange and Grape around, which I thought tasted better if you mixed half a bottle of each together.
Tue May 20 08:22:58 -0700 2003
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Fatbob
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Apple Beer soda has been "brewed" since the '60s by a small family-run operation in Utah. It's supposedly based on an old Bavarian apple drink. Absolutely delicious...it was my favorite soda when I was young...until they started making Cherry Beer (yum!). Sadly, Cherry Beer is no more.
A few years ago, the MBA daughter took over the family business and repositioned the brand as a premium, glass-bottle, "micro-brew" style soda.
Luckily, I've been able to find it at two locations in LA, but I believe it's still largely a Utah thing.
Link: http://www.applebeer.com
Wed May 21 13:11:37 -0700 2003
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I was lunching with a friend today who drifted off into a conversation about his Dad's soda bottling company in Cleveland in the 40's...Mesi Bottling Company. He was in a reverie of syrups, CO2, and water, glass bottles, wooden cases, etc. I remembered this thread and promised to post about his memories~to see if anyone here remembers his Dad's company. OK, Hounds...anybody old-ish from Cleveland?
Thu May 22 00:42:50 -0700 2003
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Cristina